Picking on Doug in this instance is to miss the point entirely. The point being that, according to the polls, 70 per cent of Americans share his view that, regardless of the things that have gone wrong "on his watch", for which he has admitted "full responsibility", Rumsfeld should not resign.

However Doug is a lot more in touch with reality than most of them, it appears, since he accepts, while regretting it, that in fact Rumsfeld will have to go. I'd say that's pretty certain. People just don't survive these kind of things without resigning. Possibly "for reasons of health" or something like that.

If anyone wants to put a bet on whether he goes or stays, this site is the place. (Just put Rumsfeld in the search engine.) I reckon a bet on him going would be a reasonable investment, whether you welcome his going or not.